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Can I read The book of Ruth on EtoBox?
The book of Ruth by Hamilton, Jane. aut is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The book of Ruth about?
"I learned slowly, that if you don't look at the world with perfect vision, you're bound to get yourself cooked." Having come within an inch of her life, Ruth Dahl is determined to take a good look at it - to figure out whether, in fact, she's to blame for the mess." Pegged the loser in a small-town family that doesn't have much going for it in the first place. Ruth grows up in the shadow of her brilliant brother, trying to hold her own in a world of poverty and hard edges. Matt's brain is his ticket out of Honey Creek. Ruth, without options, cleaves instead to her tough, half-crazy mother. May, and eventually to Ruby, the sweet but slightly deranged young man she loves, marries, and supports. Ruth spots stains at Trim 'N Tidy Dry Cleaners, bowls at the Town Lanes, and tries in vain to keep the peace at home between May, whose lashing criticisms blow though the cramped house at gale force, and Ruby, who spends his days getting stoned and watching reruns of Bewitched on television. When the precarious household erupts in violence, Ruth is the only one who can piece their story together - and she gets at the truth inn a manner at once ferocious, hilarious, and heartbreaking. In this
Who reads The book of Ruth?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Hamilton, Jane. aut
- Publisher
- New York [etc.] : Doubleday
- Published
- 1990
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780385265706
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Fiction, Historical Fiction
- Rating
- 3.82 / 5 (57,418 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13